After my last time here for the monthly blues jam I had decided not to attend any longer.(see my last post on Chan's from back in the fall) However I did hear that things had changed for the better and decided to head down this past Wednesday evening. Note: This jam runs from about 7-10 pm the last Wednesday of every month. WOW! Things have changed for the better. Richie a harp player is now the jam master and has made some real changes here. First the house band plays just a few songs to warm up. He then uses the sign up list, in order by the way, and each musician gets to play two or three songs. Then players are changed up quickly with no real long breaks in the music. Once he got to the end of the list he started over again calling up those that had stuck around for a second time up on the stage. These changes have attracted a lot of new players and this jam is once again a great one to come out to hear and be a part of. I was one of only two drummers other than Steve from the house band that showed up to play so I was able to get some extended time playing a couple of sets. It was a terrific evening playing with and listening to some of RI's best blues musicians.
